Sri Lanka president was urged to fulfil his Christmas eve pledge to release land held by the occupying military in the country’s north by Tamils who held religious ceremonies to mark twenty six years since they were..............

Nearly one year before Sri Lanka concluded its military assault against Tamils in a bloody massacre, the country's President had made his intentions clear to the United Nations. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had informed..............

Sri Lanka that denied Tamil Tigers handed themselves over to the military in the last days of the civil war, acknowledged the existence of a record that contains names of rebels who surrendered to security forces. A military division..........

The government of Sri Lanka will not take legal action against those found to have been responsible for enforced disappearances. Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers gave its approval on 24 May to set up a Office on Missing Persons (OMP) to seek the...........

A minister from the northern provincial council heavily criticised Tamil writers for not showing any concern about the fate of leading Tamil poet Puthuvai Rathnathurai who remain missing since 2009. Raththinathurai, who served as the Head of the LTTE......

An international human rights organization has severely criticized Sri Lanka government for ‘sending worrying signals’ by appointing former military commander to parliament. Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka took oaths.........

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